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Selfish shellfish (x4)
Excellent!
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much woodas a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. (x1)
Good Job!
How many times can you subtract 10 from 100?
Once. Next time you would be subtracting 10 from 90.
If there are 12 fish and half of them drown, how many are there?
12, fish don’t drown!
There was an airplane crash, every single person on board died, but yet two people survived. How is this possible?
The two were married.
An electric train is moving north at 100mph and a wind is blowing to the west at 10mph. Which way does the smoke blow?
There is no smoke with an electric train.
I'm as big as an elephant but lighter than a feather. What am I?
The elephant's shadow
I will always come but never arrive. What am I?
Tomorrow
Can you remove two matchsticks to make below equation correct?
6-5=1
I am an odd number. If you take away one letter from me, I become even. Who am I?
Seven
What belongs only to you, and yet is used more by others than by yourself?
Your name
A boy and an engineer were fishing. The boy is the son of the engineer but engineer is not the father of the boy. How is that possible?
The engineer is the boy's mother.
Fred’s parents have four sons. They are Spring, Summer, and Autumn. What is the fourth son’s name?
FRED
Find the mistake in the picture.
"The" is repeated.
Connect all the dots with 6 (joint) line segments without lifting your pen off the paper.
(Teacher elicits)
I am a bell yet you can’t ring me. I sound hot but am not. What am I?
Bell peppers
I am the father of all fruits? What am I?
Papaya
What fruit can you use to sip water?
Strawberry
What job is this?
Welder
What job is this?
Waiter
What job is this?
Veterinarian
What job is this?
Train Driver
What job is this?
Taxi Driver
What job is this?
Surgeon
What job is this?
Soldier
What job is this?
Sheriff
What job is this?
Scuba Diver
What job is this?
Scientist
What job is this?
Race Car Driver
What job is this?
Police Officer
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Plumber
What job is this?
Pilot
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Nurse
What job is this?
Miner
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Helicopter Pilot
What job is this?
Gardener
What job is this?
Football Player
What job is this?
Florist
What job is this?
Fitness Trainer
What job is this?
Firefighter
What job is this?
Farmer
What job is this?
Doctor
What job is this?
Director
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Dentist
What job is this?
Clown
What job is this?
Cleaner
What job is this?
Chef
What job is this?
Cashier
What job is this?
Builder
What job is this?
Beautician
What job is this?
Barber
What job is this?
Ballerina
What job is this?
Astronaut
What job is this?
Artist
What job is this?
Archeologist
Three men were in a boat. It capsized, but only two got their hair wet. Why?
One was bald
What gets bigger the more you take away?
A hole
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What begins with an E but only has one letter in it?
An envelope
What goes up but never goes back down?
Your age
Everyone has it and no one can lose it; what is it?
A shadow
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
They weigh the same
What begins with T, finishes with T, and has “T” in it?
A teapot
Who can shave 25 times a day but still have a beard?
A barber
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
The more you take the more you leave behind. What are they?
Footsteps
What has a bed but never sleeps, can run but never walks, and has a bank but no money?
A river
What has 88 keys, but cannot open a single door?
A piano
What has four wheels and flies?
A dustcart / garbage truck
You walk into a room which contains a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?
A match or lighter
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have?
Five
What gets wetter as it dries?
A towel
I have no life, but I can die. What am I?
A battery
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?
Wrong
What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?
A clock
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence
There is a rooster sitting on top of a barn. If it laid an egg, which way would it roll?
Roosters don’t lay eggs
Where can you find cities, towns, shops, and streets but no people?
A map
My life can be measured in hours, I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick. Fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
I am a candle.
I make two people out of one. What am I?
A mirror.
Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family?
There are nine Mustards in the family. Since each daughter shares the same brother, there are six girls, one boy and Mr. and Mrs. Mustard.
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
fire
Re-arrange the letters, O O U S W T D N E J R, to spell just one word. What is it?
'Just one word'.
A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so
The man did exactly as he said he would and wrote "your exact weight" on the paper.
When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
In the dictionary.
What room do ghosts avoid?
The living room.
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl named Sarah. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Sarah seven apples. Why?
Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny.
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
footsteps
Is this fun?
YES!
What 8 letter-word can have a letter taken away and still make a word? Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?
The word is starting: starting, staring, string, sting, sing, sin, in, I.
I have many teeth, but I cannot bite. What am I?
A comb.
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band.
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
hiccup
What kind of cup doesn't hold water?
cupcake
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold.
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither, they both weigh the same.
I have to be opened, but I don't have a lid or a key to get in. What am I?
An egg.
I run along your property and all around the backyard, yet I never move. What am I?
A fence.
You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?
The letter e.
What has legs, but doesn't walk?
A table.
I add lots of flavor and have many layers, but if you get to close I'll make you cry. What am I?
An onion.
How can you physically stand behind your father while he is standing behind you?
You are standing back to back with your father.
First you eat me, then you get eaten. What am I?
A fishhook.
How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
Seven has two syllables and the other numbers only have one syllable.
First, think of the color of the clouds. Next, think of the color of snow. Now, think of the color of a bright full moon. Now answer quickly what do cows drink?
water
What are the next three letters in this combination? OTTFFSS
E N T (Each letter represents the first letter in the written numbers: One, Two, Three, Four, Five, etc.).
A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
A is D's aunt.
I have keys, but no locks and space, and no rooms. You can enter, but you can't go outside. What am I?
A keyboard.
How can the number four be half of five?
IV, the Roman numeral for four, which is "half" (two letters) of the word five.
I come from a mine and get surrounded by wood always. Everyone uses me. What am I?
pencil lead
A woman shoots her husband, then holds him underwater for five minutes. Next, she hangs him. Right after, they enjoy a lovely dinner. Explain.
She took a picture of him and developed it in her dark room.
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
bookkeeper
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
heroine
What is seen in the middle of March and April that can't be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
The letter R.
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map.
If you’re running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
Second place.
I’m light as a feather, yet the strongest person can’t hold me for five minutes. What am I?
Your breath.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
A barber.
What can you keep after giving to someone?
Your word.
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
The man was bald.
What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
A promise.
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them.
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
A candle.